This summer we took swimming lessons with Ms. Lori. Brady was super excited and ready to learn to swim without a life jacket. By the second lesson, he could swim across the pool by himself! Go Brady! This was the very first time Cash has taken lessons. I was so nervous because he usually screams anytime we go near water and never wants to go in (much less with a stranger). He has barely started enjoying baths. I was so proud and shocked when he JUMPED right in to Ms. Lori! He started off small and was a champ at monkey crawls around the perimeter of the pool and at swimming across the pool on a kickboard. On the other hand, he hated floating on his back and going under the water to reach the wall. That's when the crying began. Poor baby! He would just cry "Monkey walk, monkey walk, monkey walk" because he wanted to stop all of that other nonsense. It was so sad and pitiful.
As a treat for their hard work after every lesson, I would take the boys to the Splashpad to play and have fun. We have gone swimming more this summer than ever before and both of them have improved tremendously in their skills. Brady will go down the slide on the five feet end of the pool and then swim back to the wall by himself, and Cash plays carefree in the water now and even gets his head wet! Splish Splash!
